Marcel Pronovost

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1978
Marcel Pronovost
Date of birth June 15, 1930
place of birth Lac-à-la-Tortue , Quebec , Canada
date of death April 26, 2015
Place of death Windsor , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1947-1949 Detroit Auto Club
Windsor Spitfires
1949-1950 Omaha Knights
1950-1951 Indianapolis Capitals
1951-1965 Detroit Red Wings
1965-1969 Toronto Maple Leafs
1969-1971 Tulsa Oilers

Joseph René Marcel Pronovost (born June 15, 1930 in Lac-à-la-Tortue , Québec ; † April 26, 2015 in Windsor , Ontario ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Detroit Red Wings and from 1949 to 1970 Toronto Maple Leafs played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Pronovost grew up as one of twelve children. After his family moved to Shawinigan , he played for his school team at Shawinigan Tech and was the standout striker there. However, the Montréal Canadiens , who had a player privilege in Québec, showed no interest in him. When the Detroit Red Wings with Larry Wilson a young player took under contract, who played for the Shawinigan High, they recommended this to have a look at Pronovost. The Red Wings brought him to their junior team at the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey Association , where he retrained as a defender. Early on, he was occasionally used in the senior division of the Detroit Auto Club in the International Hockey League .

At the end of his first season in the senior division with the Omaha Knights in the United States Hockey League, he was appointed to the Red Wings for the 1949/50 playoffs . There had Gordie Howe hurt, and after this Red Kelly had put in the attack, Pronovost was allowed to take the place of Kelly's defense. So he got his first Stanley Cup before his rookie season . In the following season he moved between Detroit and the Indianapolis Capitals in the American Hockey League . In the 1951/52 season he finally sat down in the Red Wings squad. On the defensive he was robust and uncompromising, but the more he dealt in front of his own goal, he had to take his offensive actions. By the time he retired, he had to be treated 14 times for a broken nose. As one of the dominant defenders of his time, he was appointed four times in a row to the NHL All-Star Team from 1958 to 1961 .

For the 1965/66 season he was given together with Lowell MacDonald and three other players to the Toronto Maple Leafs and received in return, inter alia, Andy Bathgate and Billy Harris . In Toronto he was in the 1966/67 season in the oldest team that could ever win the Stanley Cup. After seven games in the 1969/70 season he ended his NHL career, since he no longer enough thought fit for this league.

He played for a few years for the Tulsa Oilers in the CHL and gained his first experience as a player-coach there.

Punch Imlach , who was his trainer with the Maple Leafs, had meanwhile taken over the Buffalo Sabers as general manager. He signed Pronovost there as a coach. In the 1977/78 season , the Sabers achieved an excellent 105 points, but when the success failed to materialize the following year, he had to vacate his place. That same season he took over the Hull Olympiques in the QMJHL . As an assistant coach, he returned to the NHL and stood behind the gang of the Detroit Red Wings . His last coaching position was with the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League .

He then worked as a scout for the Central Scouting Service of the NHL and later for the New Jersey Devils . With the Devils he got three other mentions at the Stanley Cup as a scout.

Some of his brothers also became successful ice hockey players. André was the most successful with four Stanley Cup triumphs, Jean made almost 1,000 appearances, mostly for the Pittsburgh Penguins , but Claude also made three appearances as a goalkeeper. His great-nephew Anthony Mantha , Andrés grandson, is also an ice hockey player and currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings.

Pronovost died on April 26, 2015 at the age of 84 in Windsor .

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 20th 1,206 88 257 345 851
Playoffs 16 134 8th 23 31 104

Sporting successes

Personal awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bob Duff: Hockey Hall of Famer Marcel Pronovost dead at 84. The Windsor Star, April 27, 2015, accessed April 27, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Pronovost, Marcel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Pronovost, Joseph René Marcel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Lac-à-la-Tortue , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 2015
Place of death Windsor , Ontario